Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-18
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hogs. The llghtest weighed go pounus. INC
heaviest $40; and the total weight was q, 1854
pounds.
RAYMOND FERGUSON. OF Utica, Ind, is the
father OF a week-o d. baby that weighs just
one pound. It's arms are three inches long,
Its legs iour inches; it is well formed ana ap-
parentlv healthy, and bids fair to i've ana
grow. Its father and mother each weigh over
l5o pounds.
THREE autograph letters of Sir Walter
Scott were disposed of By auction sale in Ed
inbureh The other day. They formed part Of
tine library of the late Rev. DIR. Mitchell Har-
vey, and two dated 1923 were sold for lS5.
| each, while the other, written Two years
! later, fetched l2s.
MISS BERTHE PRIDDLE, of Glepmeyer, Can.
was knitting the other day and thoughtlessly
| put the point of her needle in her ear. 1t
went farther than she expected and touched
| the tympanum, and as it did so she started
with the pain. and the needle pierced the
tympanum, destroying the hearing Of that
ear forever.
A PASSENGER on the Oregon Short Line
road suddenly became insane near Pocstello,
and, climbing to the roof of a car, made his
way to the locomotive, where he covered the
engineer with pistol and ordered him TO put
on more steam. Instead, the engineer slowed
up, and then the maniac jumped from the
train and made for the mountains. where he
was captured after two days hunt.
A WASHINGTON WOMAN was startled by
pistol shot behind her the other evening, and,
turning, saw boy running away. A man
across the street ran over to her, and picked
up a bullet lying on the sidewalk. When she
got home she found that the ball had gone
through several folds Of her dress, and. strlk-
ing one of the wires Of her hustle, had fallen
to the ground. No one knows why the boy
shot.
THE project of having Japanese ladies
rrCb nm
position ON the score of expense. Some
economists have drawn an alarming picture
of the increased cost to the nation, but an
English observer in Japan points out that the
present style of dress permits extravaganza.
as Japanese ladies have been known to pay
5000 for a small collar Of old native lace en-
broidered in colors.
THREE very well dressed young men of st.
Louis tried to get up a Irritation with two
pretty girls in public hall. and finally one of
the men spoke to one of the girls and asked
her to talk to him and smile for five minutes
| in order that he might win IS bet that he
could hold conversation with her. She i'm
! medi 4tely had the young man and his two
companions arrested. and after night In the
lookup one was fined S., one $40 and one $50.
T.is told of Beecher that he refused all the
degrees named in Eastern college catalogues.
Amherst tried to make him an A. M, and he
wouldn't have it. Harvard, the toady OF all
toadyists, offered him an LID, and he
spurncd 1t. He insisted that his greatness
must come from within, not from without, If
it came at all. He did not propose to grow
by accretion. like stone grow, and so TO the
end of his days insisted upon being plain
Henry Ward Beecher.
WHILE celebrating the Fourth of July in
1875, Thomas Hanngan, a Sing Sing IN. "
boy, was severely Injured by the explosion of
a soda-water bottle full of powder. He lost
the sight Of his right eve, and was badly cut
on the face and neck. Now, after the lapse
of over eleven years, he has been relieved of
a piece of bottle glass from his lost eye, 1t is
three quarters of an inch long and quarter
of an inch wide, It had been all the while
imbedded on the under side of the upper lid.
EDWARD KUEHL, of Omaha. whose body
was cremated in Buffalo a week ago, had
tried many religions without success. He
was born Jew. and married in that faith in
st. Louis; then be went to Utah and became
a Mormon, and married two wives. His first
wife got divorce; and pretty soon he got
one from the other two, and joined a
Protestant church in Omaha. This didn't
| suit him, and he became splritualist; and
| after trying this he concluded to believe
nothing at all, and 80 died.
YOUNG FARMER in Oregon of scholarly
| tastes determined to go East and get an edu-
cation. He resolved to enter the Harvard
| law school. He was speaking of this purpose
one day to a minister, who endeavored to die
| Paul has taught us that In whatsoever State
we are. we should herewith be content"
81 know that, sir, " replied the youth respect
| fully; 'but if the Apostle Paul had lived in
| the State Of Oregon, he wouldn't have lived
up to the principles as long rs have"
DRAMATIC CRITICISM in Omaha is climbing
up toward towering excellence, vide: Lolita
is one of the greatest attractions in this coun-
| try. In point of fame she may not rank with
| Edwin Booth. but financially. her career
tragedlan. To any one who has never seen
Lolita, she is certainly a wonder. In her
line the American stage has never produced
an equal. She is mixture Of diamonds,
gold, silver. sunshine, music, laughter, tears,
comedy, sentiment, poetry and prose. Her
antics are nature in art and clothed with the
most delicate robes of purity and refine
ment.
A CURIOUS CONGRESS Is to be held in Paris
probably in May. 1t Is to consist not only of
representative astronomers from all civil
lied countries which care to take part in the
| proceedings, but OF Photographic savants of
| all nations as well, the Object of the COM
| bined gathering being the making Of the
necessary arrangements for procuring COM
plete Photographic chart of the armament
| and Ill it's stars. Each country is TO under
| take Its sections Of the heavens. and the re-
| suit, it is hoped, will be the completion in
| time of a 'sidereal album )" in which the Dor
| trait of every visible star in the SKY will be
| included.
| THE German steamer Norwarts arrived at
| Philade' pna last week and left the next day
! for Bremen with $40, 900 gallons of refined oil
| IN bulk. the first cargo of the Kind ever taken
| from that port. The loading was all done in
| twenty hours. The Noorwarts is one of a
| number of vessels built expressly for carry ng
| oil IN bulk from Philadelphia. she is butt OF
| solid steel, and is 2.3l0 tons register, $40 feet
| long, 37l5 feet beam and draws 20% feet of
| water when loaded. She has two steel boilers
| and triple compound engines Of 1000 indi-
| Gated horse power. Her consumption of coal
| every twenty-four hours Ia but seventeen
| tons and her average speed Is nine knots.
| The oil is carried in sixteen tanks, all under
| water. These new steamers viii come back
| in ballast and will make the round trip in
| about six weeks.
| A STORY about ex-Gov. Curtin, OF Penn
| sylvanla, Is going the rounds, John Cham
| berlin, the well-known caterer. had u bill be-
| fore Congress to give him certain rights for
! the construction of hotel at Old Point Com
| fort. Gov Curtain was Interested In its
passage and endeavorcd TO bring it up dur
| ing the closing hours Of tho session for action.
! Congressman Hatch. of Missouri, interpreted
! an objection under which, of course, the
bill would be thrown aside. Having made
his point Mr. Hatch went out into the cloak
| room. While he was gone Mr.. Curtain got up
| and withdrew the objection in behalf OF Mr..
Hatch. The bill went through with o whlrl.
| IL is said that when Mr.. Hatch returned he
tore his hair and then went down TO the bar,